AfriForum
Media Statement
16 July 2010
Zim farmers succeed at SADC Tribunal – for the third time
Zimbabwean farmers affected by the country’s land reform policies have succeeded for the third time with an application to the SADC Tribunal in Windhoek, Namibia.
In the latest ruling by the tribunal delivered today, the tribunal found that Zimbabwe persists with its non-compliance with earlier Tribunal decisions of November 2008 and June 2009, respectively. Accordingly, the tribunal will once again report Zimbabwe’s non-compliance to the next summit of SADC Heads of State.
The Tribunal once again awarded costs against Zimbabwe.
The Zimbabwe Government filed an urgent application last week against Messrs Louis Fick, Michael Campbell and Richard Etheredge which is aimed at the suspension of a writ of execution in terms of which the farmers, assisted by AfriForum, attached Zimbabwean-owned property in Cape Town. The farmers oppose the application with assistence from AfriForum and the matter will be heard on the 3rd August in the North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria.
Willie Spies
Legal Representative: AfriForum
083-676-0639